Was watching "Diners, Drive-ins and Dives" the other night and they had some seafood place that served soft-shelled crab sandwiches. The thing was still moving when the guy dredged it in flour and dropped it in the deep fryer. Now THAT'S fresh.

More and more, the efforts to show that other animals are qualitatively different from humans relies on the increasingly tenuous concept of the "self" or "consciousness". It seems pretty obvious that the data is pointing to that distinction making as much sense as "souled" and un-souled". Now, as to whether such things make it impossible to eat soft-shelled crab I remain an agnostic. A hungry agnostic.

drjekel_mrhyde:As a person allergic to fish and shellfish. What the fark do they taste like?

They, umm... taste like chicken?

Well, no, they have a wide variety of tastes and textures that just aren't available in anything that isn't them. Although, I suppose if you boiled potatoes until soft in water seasoned with Old Bay, it would vaguely approximate some small subset of the mild stuff.

AverageAmericanGuy:lizaardvark: Although, I suppose if you boiled potatoes until soft in water seasoned with Old Bay, it would vaguely approximate some small subset of the mild stuff.

Holy shiat. What kind of fish/shellfish are you eating that you could approximate it with boiled potatoes?

On the other hand, maybe you've got magic potatoes. Can't rule that out.

Do you have a better idea for imitation completely non-seafood substances? Enlighten us. Whitefish and east-coast crabs usually don't have a lot of texture, and that's a classic seafood seasoning. Best I can come up with, offhand.

I think I speak for my fellow Marylanders when I say 'Fark crabs girly feelings, they're delicious'. I like to think its the pain that MAKES them delicious. Pain and Old Bay.

/Midly related note, when my aunt lived in Maine, we'd get lobsters and before cooking them, we'd let them loose on the kitchen floor and let her Husky run around scaring the shiatte out of them. I also like to think torture increases the flavor.//Not that being boiled alive isn't torture.

Smgth:I think I speak for my fellow Marylanders when I say 'Fark crabs girly feelings, they're delicious'. I like to think its the pain that MAKES them delicious. Pain and Old Bay.

/Midly related note, when my aunt lived in Maine, we'd get lobsters and before cooking them, we'd let them loose on the kitchen floor and let her Husky run around scaring the shiatte out of them. I also like to think torture increases the flavor.//Not that being boiled alive isn't torture.

I never understood the fascination with Old Bay. I tried it a few time, it's alright, but I would never ruin crab with it. Just some butter sauce.

Smgth:I think I speak for my fellow Marylanders when I say 'Fark crabs girly feelings, they're delicious'. I like to think its the pain that MAKES them delicious. Pain and Old Bay.

/Midly related note, when my aunt lived in Maine, we'd get lobsters and before cooking them, we'd let them loose on the kitchen floor and let her Husky run around scaring the shiatte out of them. I also like to think torture increases the flavor.//Not that being boiled alive isn't torture.